Rainbow darkling beetle at Holt, ACT
Identification history
| Chalcopteroides spectabilis | 21 May 2023 | KimberiRP | ||
| Chalcopteroides cupripennis | 1 Feb 2021 | AlisonMilton |
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KimberiRP
wrote:
21 May 2023
I'll go with C. spectabilis on this one, Alison. C. cupripennis has some red or violet reflections in the elytra, and seems to have longer legs.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.024998-35.227474
- Altitude 572.8m
- Places Holt, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 24 Nov 2020 11:59 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Eucalyptus Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Chalcopteroides spectabilis Scientific name
- Rainbow darkling beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 797.15m Recorded at altitude
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